Platyxystrodus Hay 1899 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae

Synonym: Xystrodus Morris and Roberts 1862 [replaced name]

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792

Parent taxon: Chondrenchelyidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chondrenchelys, Harpagofututor

Subtaxa: Platyxystrodus bellulus Platyxystrodus imitatus Platyxystrodus inconditus Platyxystrodus occidentalis Platyxystrodus simplex Platyxystrodus striatus Platyxystrodus verus

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Type: Cochliodus striatus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5 collections), United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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